Originally posted by Rondec I do wonder if India and China will skip the stage where people who aren't really interested in shooting with an ILC will buy one anyone and then put it away, never to use it -- using their cell phones instead. It felt like there was a stage in the United States where cell phone cameras were still pretty poor and a lot of people bought SLRs, because shutter lag, etc were so much better on them. Now, I seldom see ILCs in public spaces, but everyone really is shooting with their cell phones.
Everyone??? I don't see a lack of people posting on photography forums. After 6 years of doing a lot of shooting for a local playhouse, i've been cutting back to just doing their promo shots and head shots for the program. I still get calls from them to do other kinds of shooting for them but refer them to other photogs who might be interested. The times they have tried to do their own shooting of plays and portraits with a variety of PS, bridge and cell phone cameras haven't turned out well. But i'm part of a gallery now, and you have to choose where you are going to spend your time.
Fewer photographers for gallery work is probably a good thing, although i'm now the only photographer in a gallery of 26. They actually treat me quite well, perhaps its because they think of me as a dinosaur not long for this world. (i.e. as in he still takes pictures with a regular camera)
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the continuing hotly contested debates about camera design, i.e. mirrorless or DSLR, when fewer and fewer people are buying either.